THE BLACK CABINET: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

Brings to life a forgotten generation of leaders who fought post-Reconstruction racial apartheid and whose work served as a bridge that civil rights activists traveled to achieve the victories of the 1950s and 1960s. Watts tells the story of the "Black Brain Trust" who joined the Roosevelt administration with an eye to squaring the new deal for the black population. 16 pages of photos.